I'm curious about the Arrandale CPU/GPU combos
My interest lies in what the difference might be between the Arrandale setups and these newer ones. This article referenced the previous article about the Clarkdale performance, but it's how well the GPU can do even with a low-power CPU that I'm curious about. I tried digging around a bit on openbenchmarking.org but I couldn't seem to actually find any, for example, i3-330UM tests.
I mean, it's all well and good that the latest and greatest Intel chipsets perform so well for video playback, but in cases like for http://www.system76.com/product_info...roducts_id=106 I'd like to know if an ultraportable that's purely Intel (and thus can be purely blob-free) is up to the task.
I mean, I'd hope so; I play 1080p video all the time on my PIII 600mHz and all it has in it is a GeForce 8400GS, heh, but that's all that computer needs to do; for something like a laptop carried around every day, I'd rather not have to deal with closed-source drivers.
My interest lies in what the difference might be between the Arrandale setups and these newer ones. This article referenced the previous article about the Clarkdale performance, but it's how well the GPU can do even with a low-power CPU that I'm curious about. I tried digging around a bit on openbenchmarking.org but I couldn't seem to actually find any, for example, i3-330UM tests.
I mean, it's all well and good that the latest and greatest Intel chipsets perform so well for video playback, but in cases like for http://www.system76.com/product_info...roducts_id=106 I'd like to know if an ultraportable that's purely Intel (and thus can be purely blob-free) is up to the task.
I mean, I'd hope so; I play 1080p video all the time on my PIII 600mHz and all it has in it is a GeForce 8400GS, heh, but that's all that computer needs to do; for something like a laptop carried around every day, I'd rather not have to deal with closed-source drivers.
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